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Classificação Científica
| Reino: | Animalia |
| Filo: | Chordata |
| Classe: | Aves |
| Ordem: | Passeriformes |
| Subordem: | Tyranni |
| Infraordem: | Tyrannides |
| Wetmore & Miller, 1926 | |
| Parvordem: | Tyrannida |
| Família: | Pipridae |
| Rafinesque, 1815 | |
| Subfamília: | Piprinae |
| Rafinesque, 1815 | |
| Espécie: | L. coronata |
Nome Científico
Lepidothrix coronata(Spix, 1825)
Nome em Inglês
Blue-crowned Manakin
Blue-crowned Manakin
The Blue-crowned Manakin is a Passeriforme of the family Pipridae.
Characteristics
It measures about 9 cm long. The male has two distinctive plumages depending on the region:
- black with a blue crown in Costa Rica, Venezuela and Brazil from the Rio Negro to the Rio Juruá;
- olive-green with blue crown in Brazil from the rivers Madeira and Purus to the west of Peru and Bolívia.
In other areas the plumages are intermediary. The female is olive-green above with a greenish-yellow throat and yellowish belly.
Food
Breeding
Habits
Uncommon to locally common in the lower levels of humid forest and mature secondary woodland. It is inconspicuous and often detected only by vocalizations.
Distribution
It is distributed in the western Amazon Basin as far as the Rio Negro basin to the north of the Amazon and the rio Madeira to the south. It is also found in Costa Rica, Panamá, Colômbia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Bolívia.
Ocorrências registradas no WikiAves
References
- Portal Brasil 500 Pássaros, Uirapuru-de-chapéu-azul - Available on http://webserver.eln.gov.br/Pass500/BIRDS/1birds/p354.htm Accessed on 22 May 2009
- Ridgely, Robert S. & Tudor, Guy. (1994) The Birds of South America. Volume 2, University of Texas Press.
- Snow, D. W. (2004) Family Pipridae (Manakins). Pp. 110-169 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A., & Christie, D.A. eds (2004). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 9. Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
